Captian's Log Ravings: Going Mad 30 Mar 2021 Whatever comes, it comes, whatever goes, it goes, but whatever stays, it will not stay forever. The impermanence of all loves, of all hates, of all desires, flowing like a…
Captian's Log Short Story: In Winter 20 Jan 2021 The snow whirled about the encloaked figure. The snowflakes danced around her like frolicking fairies. She stopped in front of me, and as she broke through the hazy, white curtain,…
Captian's Log I Am Not a Rationalist 8 Jan 2021 I am not a rationalist, and what I mean is that I do not believe there are answers to everything. I think, at bottom, at the deepest level of reality,…
Captian's Log What is Best In Life? 5 Dec 2020 I have heard it implied that no culture is better than any other. This seems, on the face of it, wrong. As part of the nature of a culture, it…
Captian's Log Rant: The Sound of Silence 28 Sep 2020 The softest sounds make the greatest noise when imbued with meaning. What cannon could compete with the silent expression of a lover's eyes? We go around this life imagining, not…
Captian's Log The Relationship Between Knowledge and Morality 28 Jun 2020 Author's Note: I do not feel satisfied with this train of thought, for I seem to have worked myself into a dead end. I am either wrong, and need to…
Captian's Log Ramblings: Motivation 25 Jun 2020 People do things, but why? One type of motive is that of the itch; if I itch, I scratch, and no further words are required. Some actions are motivated by…
Captian's Log Rough Draft: On the Relationship Between Knowledge and Morality 28 May 2020 Morality I do not find solely a precedent of knowledge, and even consider that doing harm in ignorance but with good intent makes a better person than knowingly doing good…
Top Ten Books Agonson’s Top Ten: The Abolition of Man 2 May 2020 It has entered my mind to formulate a list of books which have been meaningful to me, both in the pleasure they offer and also in the effect they had.…
Captian's Log Thoughts on Plato’s Republic 23 Apr 2020 Due to the Corona Panic, I have had more time on my hands than usual, and I have been finishing up something I started many moons ago, Plato’s Republic. I…